The 28th of October, 2021, Thursday is the Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles. The Holy Bible verses for the mass readings for this day came from the Liturgical Calendar of the Year 2021.
Reading 1: EPH 2:19-22
The first reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians.
So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God, being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone; in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
Responsorial Psalm: PS 19:1-2, 3-4AB
Response: Their voice has gone out through all the earth.
The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
Day after day they pour out speech, and night after night they display knowledge.
R: Their voice has gone out through all the earth.
There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.
Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world.
R: Their voice has gone out through all the earth.
Gospel of the Day: LK 6:12-16
From the gospel scripture according to Luke.
In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.
When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his brother; James; John; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus; Simon who was called the Zealot; Judas the son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor.
